As an American-Brit who has been living in Sweden for a couple of years, I've always found it interesting that pretty much everyone I know here can be found at their home address simply by googling their name and clicking on hitta.se. When I show this to my British or American friends, they're always shocked, and I find myself explaining that "Swedes have a very different, more trusting, relationship with their government than Brits or Americans."
Personally, I've never had a problem arise from this, and neither has anyone I know here, but I've been here less than for two years. I love it here and I can see myself living here for the rest of my life (that is, if you'll have me! Soon time to renew my visa!)
But I find myself wondering: Has anyone here, or anyone you know, ever had a problem arise from their address being listed publicly? Strange people turning up at your door, weird post or packages, or something worse?
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The original was posted on /r/sweden by /u/adjectivenounnr at 2023-07-06 07:00:45+00:00.
Klickor at 2023-07-06 08:32:20+00:00 ID:
jqv76ibIt is becoming more and more of a problem. I personally have not had anything negative happen due to it but people definitely use this kind of information for shady stuff.
It is very easy to look up old people, especially those that live alone, and target them for scams. My grandmother get calls and visits monthly if not weekly sometimes when they try to scam her or get access to her apartment.
As crime targeted against the elderly increases this becomes more of a problem and something needs to be done. If we had less crime and almost no one used this information for nefarious purposes it could be a good tool to help combat corruption and keep people in power honest. But when it is criminals that use it for the opposite purpose it isn't worth it. Stop the criminals or remove the public information